There was no $334-million jackpot victor in the Powerball drawing on Saturday, but a ticket that matched all but one number to win more than $424,000 was sold at the 7-Eleven store on West Olive Avenue in Burbank. It’s the fourth largest jackpot in the history of the game.
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Jackpot winners who choose the 30-year annuity will get one payment per year for 30 years – the first payment is issued shortly after your winning ticket is verified.
The drawing takes place at 9:59 p.m. Wednesday.
“Every attempt is made to ensure that this list of numbers is accurate, the official winning numbers are recorded in the official draw files as certified by an independent accounting firm”.
Due to higher than expected play, the estimated Powerball jackpot has been raised to $500 Million with a payout value of $306 million. The jackpot is the sixth largest offered in North America. According to the Powerball website, the jackpot has reached an estimated $500 million.
Powerball is sold in 44 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Jan Perry, lottery ticket buyer: I don’t know how lucky I am, but once in a while somebody wins.
“So that’s why I came here”, Rasmussen says. Matching the five white numbers is worth $1 million without the Power Play, but doubles to $2 million with it.
For selling the claimed ticket, Kwik Stop in North Charleston received a commission of $10,000.
WBTV asked one woman what she would do with all the money. The odds of winning $4 on your $2 bet went from 1 in 111 to 1 in 92. Players have a 1 in 292,201,338 chance of winning the grand prize, according to the Ohio Lottery.
Back at Blendon Drive Thru, Manager Eyad Daas and the crew just hope to see somebody win.
“They buy tickets and one of them buy about $175”, said L & M Convenience Store Cashier Bill Ibrahim. We also had a million-dollar victor again in may.
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The largest US lottery prize ever was for a Mega Millions game, a $656 million jackpot split among three winning tickets in March 2012.
